Guest Column: Louisiana needs vision to modernize infrastructure

10:09 PM,
Nov. 14, 2013

Written by

Jeffrey Duplantis

President Barack Obama's recent trip to the Port of New Orleans should not just serve as a call to action for our national infrastructure problems, but for own issues here in Louisiana.

His calls to boost economic growth should hit home for all Louisianians. The Port of New Orleans is investing in itself in order to meet future demand. In 2015, the Panama Canal Expansion will double the waterway's capacity and channel more and larger ships to the gulf and east coasts. The Panama Canal Expansion is expected to double container volumes to gulf ports, and luckily, the Port of New Orleans is already ...